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Each of these is the background behind a decision the simulation puts in front of you. Every figure comes from the World Bank Open Data with the year it was observed, across 217 countries.
- Child marriage around the worldWhat the published figures show about marriage age in 217 countries, and which indicators sit alongside them.3 indicators · Fertility rate · Secondary school enrolment · Female labour-force participation
- Gender and schooling around the worldAdult literacy, school enrolment and women's work, side by side for 217 countries.3 indicators · Adult literacy rate · Secondary school enrolment · Female labour-force participation
- Child labour statistics by countryThe indicators that separate countries where children are still in school from those where they are not.3 indicators · Secondary school enrolment · Adult literacy rate · Poverty rate
- Schooling costs and enrolment by countryHow much each country spends on education, and how many of its children are actually in school.3 indicators · Government education spending · Secondary school enrolment · Adult literacy rate
- Fertility and family size by countryBirths per woman and the birth rate for 217 countries, with the maternal-mortality figure beside them.3 indicators · Fertility rate · Birth rate · Maternal mortality
- Marriage and family life by countryWhat fertility, women's work and life expectancy look like together across 217 countries.3 indicators · Fertility rate · Female labour-force participation · Life expectancy at birth
- Pensions and retirement incomeThe figures behind a retirement: life expectancy, health spending, and how much of the population there is.3 indicators · Life expectancy at birth · Government health spending · Population
- Ageing and elder careLife expectancy, health spending and population size, for the countries that will carry the largest old populations.3 indicators · Life expectancy at birth · Fertility rate · Government health spending
- Formal versus informal employmentYouth unemployment, output per person and urbanisation — the three figures that decide how easily a first job turns into a career.3 indicators · Youth unemployment · GDP per capita (PPP) · Urban population
- Informal economy work around the worldUrbanisation, poverty and youth unemployment across 217 countries.3 indicators · Urban population · Poverty rate · Youth unemployment
- Working conditions and hours by countryOutput per person, urbanisation and school enrolment — the figures that shape what work looks like.3 indicators · GDP per capita (PPP) · Urban population · Secondary school enrolment
- Labour migration and remittancesOutput per person, unemployment and population — the figures behind who has to leave.3 indicators · GDP per capita (PPP) · Youth unemployment · Population
- Adult learning and reskillingAdult literacy, enrolment and life expectancy — the figures behind a second start.3 indicators · Adult literacy rate · Secondary school enrolment · Life expectancy at birth
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These pages describe the shape of the data — a range, a median, and where the extremes sit — rather than ranking countries against each other. A low figure is a fact about conditions and about what the source reports, not a verdict on a population. Our editorial standard.